Another weekend, another snowstorm

A winter storm expected to hit Saturday night and Sunday morning could bring a foot of snow to the Worcester area, but forecasters say it's too early to make detailed predictions.

The National Weather Service in Taunton said there is a potential for 12 inches of heavy, wet snow in Worcester, but where the rain-snow line will be remains unclear. Current predictions are for the highest snow totals to be north of the Massachusetts Turnpike and away from the coast, according to the weather service.

The storm is not expected to have snow totals close to those of the recent blizzard, which dumped more than 30 inches of snow in many Central Massachusetts communities. Still, a foot of snow will be significant and could challenge drivers early Sunday.

"We're still fine-tuning, but there will be a significant storm Saturday night into Sunday, and the snow should be out of here by Sunday afternoon," Charles Foley at the National Weather Service in Taunton said this morning.

Wet weather is also being seen in other parts of the country and may hamper the Daytona 500 Sunday with showers or thunderstorms, Accuweather.com reported.

Winter weather has been hitting in some unexpected places over the last few days. School was canceled in Flagstaff, Arizona and, according to ESPN, 2 inches of snow fell in Marana, Ariz., forcing officials to call golfers off the course during the PGA tour.

School was called off in Flagstaff, Ariz., and an icy mix called graupel fell in Phoenix, according to reports from that area.

Here, NECN meteorologist Matt Noyes predicts on his website, “There's at least a 50-50 chance that a foot or more of snow will fall in the deep interior.”

He also writes that the snow, which will be heavy and wet, could cause power outages. Much of interior New England is predicted to get more than 6 inches.